new lens suggestions?
Sep 30, 2019 02:54:50 #
I have a Pentax K10D DSLR. I used to have a Pentax analog camera and it had a zoom/macro lens that was great for everyting I did. From what I read ahead of time, this K10D would be able to use that favorite lens... but it only worked for a little while, maybe 50 shots. So, is there an equivalent lens that actually WILL work on the K10D? A zoom/macro lens?
Sep 30, 2019 12:40:15 #
Tedster wrote:
I have a Pentax K10D DSLR. I used to have a Pentax analog camera and it had a zoom/macro lens that was great for everyting I did. From what I read ahead of time, this K10D would be able to use that favorite lens... but it only worked for a little while, maybe 50 shots. So, is there an equivalent lens that actually WILL work on the K10D? A zoom/macro lens?
If you want anybody to come up with a suggestion for you, then you better first tell, what lens you're talking about, nobody can read mines!
Sep 30, 2019 13:18:21 #
The lens that I used, the macro-zoom, is a Tamron SP lens (I had to use an adaptor to fit it to my analog camera) and it has "60-300mm" on the barrel.
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Sep 30, 2019 16:08:02 #
If it worked for a few shots, then it works with your camera. How long had it been since it was used? It may just be gummed up or some such. Check with Tamron, they may be able to service it, or tell you the bill will be more than a new one.
Sep 30, 2019 17:41:22 #
I had been using it steadily, 10 or so shots a week on the analog, then the digital. Then it got iffy on the digital, sometimes working, sometimes not, petering out over a few months to not working at all. It still worked for a few more weeks on the analog, but then it jammed one day (all black in the viewfinder, nothing moved when the button was pressed). So I figured I could not tell if it was the lens somehow falling out of compatibility (??) or the digital camera doing ditto, or the lens just croaking, if they can croak. I will check with Tamron and see about getting it a physical.
Oct 1, 2019 08:20:26 #
speters wrote:
If you want anybody to come up with a suggestion for you, then you better first tell, what lens you're talking about, nobody can read mines!
Mines...minds???
Oct 1, 2019 10:26:24 #
Perhaps what you are trying to tell us is that you need a macro lens. If such is the case there are many available in the market, new and used. Tamron 90mm f2.8 seems to be very popular.
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Oct 1, 2019 12:22:46 #
Oct 1, 2019 13:32:35 #
Lenses don't just fall out of compatibility. All compatible means is that the bayonet flange is the proper size, the screwdriver slot of the AF is in the right place, and in most cases that's about it. I would try the lens with a different body and if needed, send the lens for repair.
But you should know that an all in one lens can be seductive, but generally one thing that does everything does it all just OK but nothing really well.
But you should know that an all in one lens can be seductive, but generally one thing that does everything does it all just OK but nothing really well.
Oct 1, 2019 13:35:41 #
I use a Sigma 18-300mm lens. I love it. It is available new for $399.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1082148-REG/sigma_18_300mm_f_3_5_6_3_dc_macro.html
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1082148-REG/sigma_18_300mm_f_3_5_6_3_dc_macro.html
Oct 1, 2019 16:36:17 #
I did try it with a different body: the analog Pentax was still working at that time. It worked with the lens at first, even after the lens was getting hinky with the digital Pentax, but then the analog jammed up and soon the lens quit working with the digital camera altogether. At that point, I could no longer compare and see if it might still work on the analog, or would have quit working there, too.
That lens did everything I wanted it to do: zoom and macro shots were great.
That lens did everything I wanted it to do: zoom and macro shots were great.
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Oct 1, 2019 16:41:53 #
And do you think that would work well with a Pentax K10D body? Would I need an adaptor?
I had been thinking of sending this in for repairs (warranty long gone), but kind of lost faith that Tamron knew what it was talking about re: the places that would repair their lenses because they only named 3 in this whole city and one went out of business 5-10 years ago and the other quit repairing any lenses about the same time (!! good job keeping tabs, Tamron!).
I had been thinking of sending this in for repairs (warranty long gone), but kind of lost faith that Tamron knew what it was talking about re: the places that would repair their lenses because they only named 3 in this whole city and one went out of business 5-10 years ago and the other quit repairing any lenses about the same time (!! good job keeping tabs, Tamron!).
Oct 2, 2019 11:30:36 #
Tedster wrote:
And do you think that would work well with a Pentax K10D body?
I have no idea what "that" is. Using "Quote Reply" is needed here.
Oct 2, 2019 12:24:25 #
I said, in my previous note: "And do you think that would work well with a Pentax K10D body? Would I need an adaptor?" I currently am looking for a lens that will replace my Tamron macro-zoom of 60-300 mm and work with this digital camera.
I was talking about someone else's mention of: "I use a Sigma 18-300mm lens. I love it. It is available new for $399."
I was talking about someone else's mention of: "I use a Sigma 18-300mm lens. I love it. It is available new for $399."
Oct 2, 2019 12:28:00 #
I would think that from what you have said, the lens is toast, and you don't' know if it can be repaired. So you have moved on to the throw it away stage?
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